Constitution · Ohio

Ohio Const. art. II, § 5

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Constitution of Ohio
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October 2026

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No person hereafter convicted of an embezzlement of the public funds, shall hold any office in this state; nor shall any person, holding public money for disbursement, or otherwise, have a seat in the general assembly, until he shall have accounted for, and paid such money into the treasury. Effective: September 1, 1851

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